Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
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We need to see if the kitten fits in the trophyMCS wrote:I haven't met the kitten yet, so I'd have to say this is the best thing at the show so far...
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
what? no pics? no news? at least someone show me what I'm missing...
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Welcome to...Frosken Pinball!
After a 8-year hiatus, I'm back in the hobby...
Current working Pinball Machines:
1. Bally Black Jack SS
2. Capcom Flipper Football (#2)
3. Stern Rush Pro
Gone but (mostly) not forgotten:
- Bally: Nitro Ground Shaker, City Slicker
- Bally/Williams: Black Rose, BS Dracula (x2), CFTBL, Dirty Harry, Getaway(HS2), Indy500, Judge Dredd, Shadow, Slugfest
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- Gottlieb: El Dorado, Big Shot, Bounty Hunter (project), Gold Wings (Project)
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Nope, no pics...A gentleman never tells!!!
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
MCS wrote:I haven't met the kitten yet, so I'd have to say this is the best thing at the show so far...
HELL YEAH!
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
Almost home with a trunk and trailer tetris packed with 2,000+ pounds of the stuff pinball dreams are made of. We welcomed 7 pins to our country this morning. Great times all around... will post more later. Hope everyone made is home safe and sound.
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
What a fun crazy weekend. My first time to A-town. My obligatory pilgrimage to the land of pinball. Fueled by Yuengling and pretzel rolls. Fun times. Crazy times. All good.cdnpinballer wrote:trunk and trailer tetris packed with 2,000+ pounds of the stuff pinball dreams are made of
Here are a few pictures of the guys playing pinball tetris with a u-haul at the hotel.
Good times with great friends. Cheers all around
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Bally: Mad World
Williams: Pot 'O' gold, Beat the clock
Rally Play Company of Nice France: Any Flip Tronic(s) era machine produced between 1966 and 1969
"It's heavy. What is it? ... The, uh, stuff dreams are made of"
-The Maltese Falcon
"Every ball for me's another game.For you this always looks the same [...]
I know for you this doesn't look a lot. For me this is the only thing I got"
-Yello - Pinball Cha Cha
"He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life"
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
LOLpharoah007 wrote:But who will bring back my 2 foot knife and box of latex gloves?monty wrote:not in the cards for me this year, but hope everyone has a great time! i will be thinking of cheesesteak pretzel rolls and "Ice Cold" this weekend.
AWESOME!MCS wrote:I haven't met the kitten yet, so I'd have to say this is the best thing at the show so far...
congrats!
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
any good finds in the flea market? woodrail/bingo/EM treasures?Pindude152 wrote: What a fun crazy weekend. My first time to A-town. My obligatory pilgrimage to the land of pinball. Fueled by Yuengling and pretzel rolls. Fun times. Crazy times. All good.
Here are a few pictures of the guys playing pinball tetris with a u-haul at the hotel.
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
A few unobtanium parts. Gottlieb 40's art deco style ball shooter housing (been looking for one of those for over 4 years!). Small parts and a Bally lift top playfield glass frame for '67 to 'early '74 pins.monty wrote:any good finds in the flea market? woodrail/bingo/EM treasures?
Lots of good deals, really interesting EM's.
Only 2 bingos in the whole place, nothing interesting.
My major machine purchases were pre-arranged before the show and we had very limited space so I couldn't indulge too much.
Lots of very interesting games in the free play area.
Wanted: Bally 20 hole Bingo machine: Orient, London, Safari, Super 7, Bonus 7 or Hawaii.
Bally: Mad World
Williams: Pot 'O' gold, Beat the clock
Rally Play Company of Nice France: Any Flip Tronic(s) era machine produced between 1966 and 1969
"It's heavy. What is it? ... The, uh, stuff dreams are made of"
-The Maltese Falcon
"Every ball for me's another game.For you this always looks the same [...]
I know for you this doesn't look a lot. For me this is the only thing I got"
-Yello - Pinball Cha Cha
"He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life"
-Homer Simpson
Check out my blog at http://pindude152.blogspot.ca/ for quality content about electromechanical amusement
http://www.pinballowners.com/pindude152
Too far gone... beyond time, space and pinball stages
Bally: Mad World
Williams: Pot 'O' gold, Beat the clock
Rally Play Company of Nice France: Any Flip Tronic(s) era machine produced between 1966 and 1969
"It's heavy. What is it? ... The, uh, stuff dreams are made of"
-The Maltese Falcon
"Every ball for me's another game.For you this always looks the same [...]
I know for you this doesn't look a lot. For me this is the only thing I got"
-Yello - Pinball Cha Cha
"He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life"
-Homer Simpson
Check out my blog at http://pindude152.blogspot.ca/ for quality content about electromechanical amusement
http://www.pinballowners.com/pindude152
Too far gone... beyond time, space and pinball stages
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
What happens at customs? Do you have to pay taxes on your booty?cdnpinballer wrote:We welcomed 7 pins to our country this morning.
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
Et les douanes?!?!?cdnpinballer wrote:Almost home with a trunk and trailer tetris packed with 2,000+ pounds of the stuff pinball dreams are made of. We welcomed 7 pins to our country this morning. Great times all around... will post more later. Hope everyone made is home safe and sound.
On c'est fait coller avec 1 game.... J'imagine que vous avez passé 3 heures a vous faire fouiller?!?
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
Arrived back at 5:30am this morning: Tired! Had a great time, pinball-wise. Purchasing-wise, not like "the old days" for sure. I'll make a proper Show Report post tomorrow, but for now, just want to congratulate Jason on his 1st place finish in the Tournament: Way to show those Yanks what a true Canadian Pinball Player can do!
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
Awesome Jason. Congratulations. I see MCS won also. How many tournaments were there?DrDude wrote:Arrived back at 5:30am this morning: Tired! Had a great time, pinball-wise. Purchasing-wise, not like "the old days" for sure. I'll make a proper Show Report post tomorrow, but for now, just want to congratulate Jason on his 1st place finish in the Tournament: Way to show those Yanks what a true Canadian Pinball Player can do!
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We presented ourselves at the border with passports in hand. We declared the total dollar value of all purchases in USD with receipts to back up each purchase. We went into the CBSA building and declared again the total dollar value of all purchases with receipts to back up same (keep in mind some of these receipts were written on the back of a napkin with the vendors name and phone number), the customs officer converted the total amount declared in USD to CAD at the prevailing exchange rate and deducted our $800 goods tax exemption and we paid tax (13% HST in my case as a resident of Ontario) on the amount declared exceeding $800.cap wrote:What happens at customs? Do you have to pay taxes on your booty?
All in all we were in and out in about 5 to 10 minutes because there was no one else in line at the border likely because it was 1:30am.
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Friday was the Classics tournament, Saturday the Main. There were Women's and Juniors' divisions for both.Chris Silver wrote:How many tournaments were there?
Jason's victory was truly impressive! He waited until the last ball of the last game for added suspense...
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Thanks everyone, it was nice to go down there and bring the championship back to Canada. A live feed of the finals can be found here if anyone is interested.
https://m.twitch.tv/videos/140698875?de ... irect=true
https://m.twitch.tv/videos/140698875?de ... irect=true
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
Came back home with two grail pins and good memories.
Thanks to Julien, Lee and JF for this wonderful journey!
Thanks to Julien, Lee and JF for this wonderful journey!
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Just got waved through the border with 19 pins on the trailer (3 nib).
Had a great time but will never ever stay at the Comfort Suites again.
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Had a great time but will never ever stay at the Comfort Suites again.
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Thanks Alain!Chnillapoil wrote:Honey Badger wrote:Thanks everyone, it was nice to go down there and bring the championship back to Canada. A live feed of the finals can be found here if anyone is interested.
https://m.twitch.tv/videos/140698875?de ... irect=true
Congrats Jason !
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
You lucky bugger Cooke! Was great to hang out with you and the crew playing pins and eating pizza in the rooms. Looking forward to next year!cooke wrote:Just got waved through the border with 19 pins on the trailer (3 nib).
Had a great time but will never ever stay at the Comfort Suites again.
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
What a coïncidence. I also came back with two grail pins.ShootAgain wrote:Came back home with two grail pins and good memories.
Thanks to Julien, Lee and Bob for this wonderful journey!
Wanted: Bally 20 hole Bingo machine: Orient, London, Safari, Super 7, Bonus 7 or Hawaii.
Bally: Mad World
Williams: Pot 'O' gold, Beat the clock
Rally Play Company of Nice France: Any Flip Tronic(s) era machine produced between 1966 and 1969
"It's heavy. What is it? ... The, uh, stuff dreams are made of"
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"Every ball for me's another game.For you this always looks the same [...]
I know for you this doesn't look a lot. For me this is the only thing I got"
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Too far gone... beyond time, space and pinball stages
Bally: Mad World
Williams: Pot 'O' gold, Beat the clock
Rally Play Company of Nice France: Any Flip Tronic(s) era machine produced between 1966 and 1969
"It's heavy. What is it? ... The, uh, stuff dreams are made of"
-The Maltese Falcon
"Every ball for me's another game.For you this always looks the same [...]
I know for you this doesn't look a lot. For me this is the only thing I got"
-Yello - Pinball Cha Cha
"He who is tired of Weird Al is tired of life"
-Homer Simpson
Check out my blog at http://pindude152.blogspot.ca/ for quality content about electromechanical amusement
http://www.pinballowners.com/pindude152
Too far gone... beyond time, space and pinball stages
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Re: Allentown Pinfest 2017!!!
Same. Got waved trough at border. I don't think it ever happened to me.cooke wrote:Just got waved through the border with 19 pins on the trailer (3 nib).
Had a great time but will never ever stay at the Comfort Suites again.
Pic:
IMG_20170506_1933526.jpg
Me and my Baywatch babes are back safe and sound.